Kyoto Gardens — Restaurant in Bowling Green

*Just to clarify, this is the Kyoto on Campbell Lane.

I feel lucky to have lived to be able to write this review. Are the portions incredibly small, yeah, but look, that’s our new America and that’s unfortunately not why I’m writing this review.

As I sit on my porcelain throne that I’ve been on most of the night doubled over praying to my God and gods I made up to make the pain stop, between promising to never eat there again, to going to church every Sunday, and things I can’t even mention. I finally found enough relief to write this review. I don’t want them to go out of business, though I did feel differently when I dry heaving my spine up half of the night. But today is a new day and I found God remember.

This is what happened and I advise you to proceed with caution. My boys ordered teriyaki chicken, and I ordered teriyaki steak, cooked medium rare and I ordered a shrimp avocado and tuna roll. Some of you might think what I ordered may have made me sick, fair enough, but let me tell you what I ordered is not what I got. The waitress brings out my sushi roll, she sits it down and asks if everything looks ok? The lights are dim, I’m thinking, “is this what I ordered…. But my automatic response was yes thank you, and may I have some soy sauce?” She points to individual packets of soy sauce on the table. Do you know what the expiration date on those were?!!!!! Awwww, heck, “soy sau dnt spir” , mmmmm, okay. Out comes our dinner. If nothing else they were efficient.

But I didn’t want to eat my dinner before eating my sushi roll and if you get it, you get it. So I proceeded to attempt to eat my sushi roll. Let me explain. This sushi roll might as well have been soup. It was covered in so much sauce, two different types of sauce, a creamy sauce, and an orange sauce similar to the color of Big Mac sauce. Hmmmmm sus. I didn’t see any avocado. I didn’t see any tuna. I didn’t see any shrimp. I SAW SAUCE. So I have my chopsticks in my hand. I’m moving the sauce around. I’m trying to find out what they have served me and I find a big flake, a hunk, something of unknown origin that is under the soup of sauce. ….. So, I’m like “oh heck NO, I’m not eating this.” And I proceeded to move to my entrée. Jokes on me again. Remember when I told you, I ordered my steak, medium rare, this steak was cooked beyond well done, had I eaten it I would still be chewing the steak instead of writing this review it was so incredibly tough. The waitress comes back, “how is everything”…. I politely tell her much more politely than I’m going to tell you guys that “if I eat the sushi roll, I will probably die, and I believe this steak is older than Christ himself, and if I chew it, my teeth will be flat.” In all seriousness, I was very polite and asked her to please remove the sushi roll off my bill and I did not complain about the steak. But here is my fatal mistake. This is where I went wrong. I cross contaminated my chopsticks with my death roll and my entrée. If that slight bit of contamination caused me to sweat from every crack I have, I had sweat dripping from my elbows, I screamed out to the Lord above, I even contemplated selling my soul to the devil just for a moment of relief. Had I ate that death sushi roll I would’ve been dead. Even though our waitress was a brat for the most part she was attentive. She did leave my boys without a refill till we went to leave, slammed the chairs behind them when they were cleaning the table behind us, and did this weird thing with the menu’s when cleaning up that table too. We let her do her thang. Because you know self expression is important!

Little Miss Thang still got tipped 20%.

I think I will most definitely get a knot in my stomach every time I drive by that place.

My advice don’t go . If you’re feeling lucky, get the teriyaki chicken my...

I have never written a restaurant review before but after the experience we had today, I just have to share. After church today my family and I decided to eat at Kyoto Gardens. We all ordered and when my son-in-law received his food, it was not apparent what the actual meat was. He ordered chicken just as the rest of us did only he ordered noodles where the rest of us ordered rice. Our meat was white and looked just like chicken. His looked completely different and had a reddish appearance to it. He asked the waitress what it was and informed her that it did not look like chicken to him. She said that it was red chicken. I have never heard of such!! The texture, shape and appearance looked nothing like the rest of ours. My son-in-law very respectfully requested to receive the same as what we all had. The waitress rolled her eyes and said she would ask. She came back to the table and informed him that he could get the same chicken but would have to pay for both plates. He asked to speak with the manager. He politely walked to the counter to speak to the manager. He informed the manager that he only wanted to pay for what he asked for. The manager said that he could do it this time but would not do it next time. My son-in-law informed him that he was not that kind of person. He informed him that he had no problem paying for his meal if he had only gotten what he had asked for. I just could not believe the rudeness of these people. Needless to say, I will NEVER be eating here again. If my integrity is questioned only because I am questioning why my food looks different than everyone else’s, I will not be giving my hard earned money to such an insulting...

Excellent food! This is my favorite place to eat in Bowling Green. The food is comparable to the more expensive Shogun restaurant across the street which is way more expensive. Two people can eat for about $25 (not including alcoholic beverages). I love the bistro atmosphere at the Campbell Lane location. It reminds me of some quaint locations in New York. It's perfect for lunch or dinner. You can be in and out in less than an hour if you choose. There is also take out available from their extensive menu. Call in orders welcome. The staff is friendly and quickly meet your needs. I normally order the steak hibachi dinner or the steak and chicken hibachi dinner with a side salad that has their "to die for" ginger dressing. Come hungry because they have large portions. I always need a to go box. Everything is cooked to perfection! They also have the best and freshest sushi with huge servings (each one enough for two). The California roll is my favorite. Handicap parking and accessible restrooms and seating. Put this one on your list if you are coming to...